Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-14
FLlRTATI0NS.

"Do You intend to firt with him?'
This inquiry was from me. Cora was
brushing out her curly name before Mrs.
Ketcham's mahogany bureau.
.'Do | intend TO tlirt with him. she
repeated. smiling at her reflected image.
knew that particular smile. had seen
il before. Ii drew up the left corner Of
the mouth a little. 1t brought out 4 GER
tain expression in her eyes which was alb
~solutely not 10 be mistaken.
.'Oh. very we'll. II observed. But do
you think linn worth while: lie struck
me as rather insignificant"
my dearest. every man is worth while
when there's no better. But Ire is not
70 very i'll looking. Anyway, beauty
counts for nothing in a man."
No. It. Just as well. 50 far as Mr..
Whitney is concerned, that it does not
Cora had completed the brushing pro-
cess, had plated the hair into a chubby
braid ted up at the md with Il blue rib
bon. and low turned herself about meli-
~tatively to look at lac. Presently she re-
marked:
.'You are a strange girl. Ellen"
..Why!" | venturod to ask.
''Ol, YOU miss things" She gave her
front hair a dab with the brush. I'm
pressions-scnS tons"
..Flirtatons, 10 YOU mean She gave a
shrug.
''Well, if you choose to put it in that
way-you've no idea how stimulating il
is. 1t brings out ones best 1t
actually improves ones looks. know it
improves mine. / never look so well as
when I'm having a Irritation" She re-
garded herself placidly three-quarter face
in the ketcham looking glass.
Even with as matchmaking a speci-
q Mr.. Whitney,
.'Yes. II he is unexhilarating. Some
times, those plain looking, quiet, insig-
nificant men have a strange power Of fas-
cination. Oh, you necdnt laugh.
IL wouldn't dream Of such 4 thing. |
Am lost in admiration al your occult
knowledge. | declared.
s'Nou could have it. too. If you would
take an interest III the subject-practice,
you know
..Oh. no. | haven't the necessary quail
fca,iJns. | am not ~ aud-ah"m-
lovely. am 70 and usually considered
plain.
.'Oh, looks have not really very much
to do with the mater. Cora was COOL
enou"h u say. Neither has age, It's
all in knowing how 10 manage Besides.
I'm hot n. I'm nearly -. But there's
no Use telling such things, Gou could
pass for - IL YOU chn-e-a; least, with
the manner IT weighing the matter care
fully, Il think YOU coIii.'
''Oh. thank you,' | ylwnci. Sup
pose We lut QUO the light now
.'Nhy. yOu're 10 s.crpr, are you:'
demanded Miss Wcathcrley in surprise.
.'it does seem strange. We've been
discussing such engrosaing subjects |
replied.
As / was falling asleep | heard a
muiilcI laugh. IN astounding thought
hal struck my companion.
..GOodnesS. Ellen, what DO You sup
pose | would do if had to stop in this
stupid holr six weeks without any amusc-
ment ut ait' he demanded.
What au voa exact To do; You did
not know. trvrr wa, any Mr.. Whitney.
goo lpo1,iHg or i'll looking, cxhilaratInG
or uunXnl Eating. when you came.
my dear. they are building a new
road near IGc kutsham homestead. are
the not And when there are new
roads hu4lliu& there are usually engineers
10 lniil th,ul. There was SURF 10 bc
somcho IS"
''Oh,' | exclaimed; and then there
was silence.
II was understood that Cora Wcaiherlcy
hal bcpn ,rGJ 10 u quiet place in order 10
recruit from the effects Of ton much
socil dI-qation. She hal, as it is ex-
pressed. run DOWN She herself, in
speaking Of her dcbilitated condition. as
sured people that she had had complete
nervous prostratiun. Those who could
have seeu her u week after her arrival at
the ketcliam farm, playing tennis in the
Jun" SUI al the morning, driving down
In the n~eighborhoOd Of the new road
every afternoon and sitting out in the
dampness every evening till Old man
Kctcham came humping around from
the back regions, shutting NJ Ms he
went. might have been inclined either 10
doubt this assertion or attribute it to the
air and milk and other saluhri0us proper.
ties Of tine Kutcham acres curative posi-.
bilities of n miraculous order.
Whenever / looked up from my sketch.
ing Cora was either just coming in from
somewhere or just going out. Tie spot
~ color her red tennis hat made against
the cHr.roning Creenress got 10 Ia Il sort
of pcgdmyulating objective point ia tie
landscape. And il was usliaily not alone,
On most occasions it was accompanied
either by n white straw hat or some kind
OF soft cap with n visor, both Of which
pieces OF hcndgcar covered the capital
extremity OF a slight, fair haired man Of
medium height, 'Ihis. then. ] would
say, returning TO ms water Colors. sis
the Irritation" Vel, il thoy both en-
joyed it land 20 SEQ them laughing and
talk g and Glancing at each other one
could not GoaDt that the degree Of pleas.
urabie stipulation they derived from the
exercise was ligh), ard IL Glr. Whitney
could spare that much good tlme from
his work to devote to such occupation, it